A/N I KNOW I have to finish Never Forget, but this plot bunny bit down and wouldn't let go! I can't stop writing it-I've written out up to chapter 20, and I just have to type them up and post them, and by that time, I'll be done with the fic, so this one is guaranteed to be finished, and done, and complete, it's not going to be lost to the black hole that most of my fics disappear down...I will finish this one, I swear! It will eventually by HG/SS, but that's not going to come in to play for a bit, after all, I have to set up the plot first...enjoy!
&&&&&A quiet "pop" interrupted the stillness of the early morning, and a figure emerged from the pale predawn light. She shook her long black hair that was streaked with an elegant silver out of her narrow face, and behind her ears. Cutting a path through the thick forest, she peered out from the branches to catch the faintest glimpse of the majestic stone castle, a dark mass, bathed ever so slightly with the pale pink of sunrise.
She reached the magnificent oaken doors, and slid through them, after running a hand against the coarse grain, finding it to be exactly as she remembered it to be. She left them partially open, knowing full well that someone was following her, shadowing her, and she knew exactly who it was. He was trying as hard as he could to be stealthy secretive, and anyone else would have never know he was there, but she did. Years of finely tuning her sense had alerted her to his presence.
She reached the large stone gargoyle that marked the end of her journey, and stood at it for a minute, reflecting, and running a hand across the smooth part along the crest of it's head. She had remembered the way to this place far too well; she had not been here in many years. The last time that she had been inside these walls had been for her younger brothers graduation, a little under twenty years previously. Yet, she could still remember everything about the magnificent place.
She saw her watcher emerge from the shadows and walk up to her, his head held high, giving her the image of refined arrogance, something she had never seen in him before. "The password is gummy bears" he said in a practiced tone, giving away nothing, but she could hear the fight he was having with his emotions in his voice. He was fighting not to do anything to her, even though she knew he had every reason to.
"Thank you, Severus" She said quietly, staring him in the eye, her voice every bit as silky and velvetine as his was. "Although a hello would have been nice" She saw the corner of his mouth twitch upwards into the ghost of a smirk, as he turned sharply on his heel to leave. She muttered the password and started up the spiraling staircase that came down to meet her. She watched him leave from the curl in the stairs, and smiled when he turned back to her.
"Hello, Sabriel," he said, and with a swish of his robes, he disappeared around the corner, leaving her to ascened the rest of the stairs, where her host was no doubt already waiting for her.